Emmett A. Rice

A Brief History of Physical Education

New York, A.S. Barnes and Company, 1926. Hardcover. 276p. A golden yellow cloth hardcover book in good condition. Mild soiling and edgewear to boards; small scuff and former owner name on front endpaper. Rear hinge a bit weak. Otherwise, text clean and binding secure for normal handling. Good .

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Book number: 204159

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Grantland Rice

The Tumult and the Shouting: My Life in Sport

New York, A.S. Barnes & Company, 1954. 5th printing. Hardcover. 368p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Binding is cockeyed, but still tight. The text is unmarked. The jacket is price-clipped and has some edge wear, but is otherwise intact. The autobiography of a famous sports reporter, illustrated with three sections of black and white photographs. Very Good .

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Book number: 197710

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Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt

Trailing the Giant Panda

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 278p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Corners bumped, and light crinkling near top and bottom of spine. Early owner's gift inscription on front endpaper; otherwise clean and tight. President Roosevelt's memoir of hunting in China. Illustrated with black and white plates and a color frontispiece, and contains a folding map of the Yunnan and Szechuan provinces. Very Good .

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Book number: 190915

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Dallas C. Roquemore

Get Thee Up Into the High Mountain

Dallas Roquemore. Paperback. 174p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine faintly tanned and creased; corners of cover are also lightly creased. Light stain in gutter of pages 136-137. Otherwise clean and tight. A vintage guide to surviving the Apocalypse by seeking refuge in the Rocky Mountains. Contains practical advice for wilderness survival and self-defense. A self-published work, undated but apparently from around the 1960s. .

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Book number: 191756

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Pete Rose

The Pete Rose Story: An Autobiography

New York, World Publishing, 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. 202p. SIGNED BY PETE ROSE ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A hardcover book and dustjacket in good condition. The bottom edge of the book spine and rear panel is waterstained but the staining did not penetrate into the pages. The jacket is mildly edge worn but still whole and intact, Rose has signed his name at the bottom right of the front free endpaper; there is a second gift inscription by the former owners on the top left of the same page. Intrduction by Joe Garagiola. A signed first edition of the first of Rose's multiple autobiographies. Written in the author's glory years when he was a young player destined for future greatness and long before his sordid gambling history came to light. One of the greatest - arguably the greatest - on the field baseball players of all time and one still likely to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame after his death. .

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Book number: 1254880

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Liam O'Rourke

Crazy Like a Fox: The Definitive Chronicle of Brian Pillman, 20 Years Later

CreateSpace, 2017. Paperback. 309p. A softcover book in fine condition. A biography of professional wrestler Brian Pillman. As New .

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Book number: 183054

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Michael Rymaszewski

Rise of Nations: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets

San Francisco, Sybex, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 240p. A softcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed, price sticker residue on back, and remainder mark on bottom edge. Otherwise clean and tight. Includes foldout poster in back. .

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Book number: 179900

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Lou Sahadi

Affirmed: The Last Triple Crown Winner

New York, Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martin's Press), 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 280p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs. As New .

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Book number: 190523

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Michael J. Salvati

The Production of Muscular Bulk

Farmington, Michigan, William F. Hinbern, 1999. Paperback. 107p. A cream softcover book in very good condition. Small bump to foot of spine; otherwise like new. Illustrated by Peary Rader. A vintage guide to muscular development for bodybuilders; reprinted with special permission from Ironman Magazine. Very Good .

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Book number: 204155

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Eugen Sandow

Strength and How to Obtain It

London, Gale & Polden. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 148p; ads in back. A decorated red cloth hardcover book in POOR CONDITION. The spine is faded and has heavy wear at the top and bottom. Corners rubbed through and spotty stains on front and back. The binding is cracked; most pages are detached, and all are deeply tanned. OFFERED AS-IS. A very scarce bodybuilding manual by Prussian strongman Eugen Sandow (1867-1925). He is credited as the organizer of the first bodybuilding competition, which took place at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1901, and was a physical culture instructor to King George V. This is an undated revised edition of an 1897 publication, ca. 1900. Illustrated with lots of black and white plates. Fair .

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Book number: 183114

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Arthur Saxon

The Text-Book of Weight-Lifting

Farmington, MI, William F. Hinbern, 1992. Modern Reprint Edition. Paperback. 53p. A staplebound paperback book in near-fine condition. Light crinkling along spine fold; otherwise clean and tight. Modern reproduction of an illustrated weightlifting guide originally published in 1910. Measures approx. 8.5" x 11. Very Good .

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Book number: 194576

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Dick Schindler, ed

1994-95 High School Basketball Rules

Kansas City, MO, Robert F. Kanaby, National Federation of State High School Associations, 1994. Paperback. 91p. A staplebound booklet in fine condition. As New .

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Book number: 194608

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Yasser Seirawan and Jeremy Silman

Winning Chess Tactics

Redmond, WA, Microsoft Press, 1995. Paperback. 254p. A softcover book in near fine condition. There is an old price sticker on the back cover. The text is clean and the binding tight. Illustrated with several chess board diagrams. Part of the MICROSOFT PRESS CHESS SERIES. .

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Book number: 203526

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Col. Harold P. Sheldon

Tranquility: Tales of Sport with the Gun

New York, Derrydale Press, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. #942 of 950 numbered copies. In addition, this copy is inscribed and signed by the author in the year of puiblication. The recoipient is not named. Original red cloth. Spine lettering dulled, boards slightly rubbed, interior clean and tight. A hardcover book in very good condition. Introduction by Nash Buckingham. .

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Book number: 1246006

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Joseph Siegman

Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Washington/London, Brassey's, 1997. Second Edition. Hardcover. 222p. An oversize hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is mildly shelf-worn, but fully intact. A survey of all the athletes in the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Filled with black and white photographs. Measures approx. 11.25" x 8.75.

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Book number: 163301

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